State v. Hill

BERREY, Presiding Judge.

Appellant appeals his conviction of attempted second degree burglary. A jury found him guilty of attempting to break into Laurie’s liquor store and he was sentenced to four years imprisonment.

Since the sufficiency of the evidence is not at issue the following brief recitation will suffice. In the early morning hours of May 28, 1989, appellant and accomplice, Freddie Jackson, attempted to break into Laurie’s liquor store in North Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri, and in the process set off an intrusion alarm. The police responded and were on the scene in less than two…